Selfish Poster Share and CC

I'll admit, I'm a pretty selfish poster. †Sorry! †I'm going to try harder to comment on other's posts :) †It's just hard when there are so many more knowledgeable people on this board than me! †You already have such good comments for each other!

Comments (10)

Cute! I'm on my phone so I can't comment too much but the biggest thing that caught my attention was the uneven baseboard. I would try and straighten the image a bit or clone the baseboard to draw a straight line. Also a few look like they could be brightened a bit. Good job!

It looks like the way you were positioned and/or holding the camera. Looking close if looks as if you weren't shooting him straight on but more at a slight angle. I'm very prone to uneven lines myself which is why if anyone notices I put my fake wood flooring so the boards are horizontal instead of vertical to help me make sure everything is straight lol. Otherwise I would think I'm holding the camera straight and that I'm straight on but then my baseboard is uneven.

Such a cute little boy! I'm going to break down the CC since there are so many pics :)

1. Pull him away from the wall more. There's a shadow cast. It also looks a little dark to me, and his feet are almos cut off. Next time try getting more eye level with him so you're not angling down. That also might help with the baseboard. Are you using a wide angle lens? It looks like the board is curving due to the lens you are using.

2. Same as #1. Did you use a flash? The orange highlight around him on the wall is a little distracting.

3. In a reflection like this, the reflection should be in focus. I would SUPER cute if his face were in focus, but all we can see clearly is the side of his face and his hands. Also a little dark to me.

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I'll get to the rest later....crying baby on my hands :). These are SO CUTE!!

These are really cute. The only technical thing that really jumped out to me was the lighting. I'm not an expert on lighting so I really cant offer any advise other than that if you're using natural light you try to pay a little more attention at shadows and light direction. I've been trying to do so myself :)

This is so helpful. ¬†I like that I'm getting so many tips on what to do while taking the photo.¬†

On another note: I've seen so many photos lately with similar wallpaper backgrounds. ¬†My apartment in Korea is FULL of this kind of wallpaper in slightly different prints. ¬†The furniture is also really cool, like pearl colored alligator skin kitchen chairs, grandiose drapes, and awesome lamps. ¬†The floors are also all hardwood/MARBLE tile and there's some marble on the walls as well. ¬†I wish I had a bunch of little girls here to photograph!!!! ¬†It's not as fun to use with a boy.

if you had a super wide angle lens on it could distort the line of the baseboard a bit.... plus the shadow on the left on the first chair one i think plays a trick on the eye and makes it look uneven.¬† Do you know how to use the straighten tool in ACR (it's in PSE too).... that thing is amazing!¬†

He is such a little cutie patootie, i really love the pics.¬† i do think a few could be brightened up (hence when the background looks more gray in some pics), and the first one i love, but i think i would like it more if you were more on his level as opposed to looking down.¬† the expression in that one is priceless though.